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T. W. 'A,K]N, OFPATTERSON, NEW YQRK.

Letters .Patent No. 83,898, dated November l0, 1868.

IMPROVENIENT IN HULK-CAN S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the name.

To all whom it ma/y oomefrn Be it known that LAT. W. ARIN, of Patterson, in the county of Putnam, and State of New York', have invented a new and improved Milk-Can; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part'of this specification.

The drawing represents a sectional elevation of my milk-can.

This invention relates to a new milk-can, which is made of iron, and provided with an iron bottom that rests upon a hoop riveted to the inner side of the can. By making the can as well as the bottom of heavy sheet-iron, the can will not only be more durable than those heretofore made, but it will also not be so liable to become leaky. If the can should get bruised, the bottom, being riveted fast to the side, 'renders it irnpossible to leak or become loosened, while on sheetmetal cans the bottom was fastened only by solder, and the bruises formed in-the bodycaused leaks to appear between the bottomP and the body. The iron can be protected `from oxidation by being tinned.

A represents the body of a milk-can, made of heavy, tinned sheet-iron. B is the bottom of the can.

Same is also made of heavy, tinned sheet-iron, and has The a downward-projecting flange, a, by means of which it is or may be riveted to the body, as shown. It may also be secured by solder.

C is a hoop, made of similar material, and riveted or otherwise fastened to the inner side ofthe body, below the flange a, as shown. This hoop serves to proteot the bottom, and strengthen the body where it is most exposed.

The ilange a mayas wellY project upward from the bottom, B, in which oase the hoop reaches to the under side of the bottom, to support the same.

One great advantage of this can is that it does not require any hoop around the body, and is quite simple in its construction.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The bottom, B, havin g a downward-proj ecting flange, when secured upon the inside of the milk-can, above its lower edge, by the rivets a, the portion below said flange i being strengthened by the interior ring riveted to the body of the can, as herein described, for the purpose specified.

5T. W. AKIN. Witnesses:

WM. GREEN, ALEXANDER HALL. 

